Opinion

DR. MARY SUE COLEMAN went to Lansing in 2011 to sing the praises of her university and to stave off threatened cuts to the $316 million dollar allocation the state of Michigan made to the University of Michigan in 2010. In her testimony,…

by Rita Beamish A TAX ON virtue or a matter of fairness? The question ripples through states trying to prop up their ever-shrinking highway funds while eyeing the “free ride” enjoyed by green vehicle owners. The fast-growing cohort of…

Please note: Editorial Board member Katherine Griswold did not participate in shaping this editorial. STAFF AT AAATA first agreed to a meeting with The Ann Arbor Independent’s Editorial Board concerning the proposed millage. Then, after…

by Steve Rosenfeld U.S. SUPREME COURT Justice Sonia Sotomayor did not sit idly by as a majority of the men on the court turned yet another blind eye to the ugly realities of how race distorts the lives of Americans as they upheld a…

THE UNIVERSITY is under a microscope thanks to the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision Schuette vs. Bamn. Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote a 58-page dissenting opinion in which she argues that “race matters.” She called the six justices who…

by Lou Glorie IN 1973 WHEN Ann Arbor voters first approved a millage dedicated to public transportation, the United States was learning a tough lesson due the Oil Embargo. Cars were lined up around gas stations for their rationed  gas. …

by Don Hazen YOU WOULD HAVE thought some terrible crime had been committed given the moral outrage offered by a gaggle of mainstream white male pundits about the resignation of the newly appointed CEO Brendan Eich, of the non-profit…

That is what I heard as I listened to the President of the United States speak at the University of Michigan. Think about these words one more time: Everyone - you, your mom, your brother, sister, your neighbor down the street - all of us…

IN 2007 A FORMER Ward 3 Council member emailed his Council colleagues “talking points” for a meeting to be scheduled with Mayor John Hieftje. Hieftje had threatened to veto the police-courts building and Leigh Greden suggested to fellow…

by  Jill Richardson  REALLY, I’M NOT judging you. But I often find it necessary to establish myself as “not a threat” to meat eaters. I also occasionally bump up against militant vegans. Consider this collision I had the other day…